GRE Word List
CONSTITUENT
a member of a constituency
The meaning of the word constituent is a member of a constituency.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| cow | the mature female of cattle (genus Bos) |